Decision-Log.md
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| Date | Area | Decision | Status | Affected pages |
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+| 2026-07-26 | Season 01 music | Use an acoustic-storybook-adventure album identity, six rotating song families, fixed series signatures, and varied episode composition across the A–Z music map | Approved direction | [Season 01 — Music Bible](/Season-01---Music-Bible), [Music and Voices](/Music-and-Voices) |
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| 2026-07-26 | Shot timing | Import the finished Suno song into Palmier, transcribe it with Whisper, review the exact timecodes, and derive shot ranges before Anima storyboarding | Approved | [Music and Voices](/Music-and-Voices), [Visual Pipeline](/Visual-Pipeline), [Episode Template](/Episode-Template) |
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| 2026-07-26 | Pipeline order | Suno is always the first media-generation stage; lock its selected audio and timing map before Anima storyboarding, then use Wan and finish in Palmier | Approved | [Music and Voices](/Music-and-Voices), [Visual Pipeline](/Visual-Pipeline), [Little Lanterns Format](/Little-Lanterns-Format) |
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| 2026-07-26 | Series structure | Every Little Lanterns season contains 26 A–Z episodes; Alphabet Adventures is the recurring series format rather than a standalone generic season theme | Approved | [Little Lanterns](/Little-Lanterns), [Seasons](/Seasons) |
Episode-Template.md
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## Suno-first audio lock and transcription
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+**Season music bible:**
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+**Song family:**
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+**Musical direction:**
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+**Structure:**
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+**Album signatures used:**
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**Two voice roles:**
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**Spoken-word tags:**
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**Narration role:**
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+**Guest musical moment:**
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**Feeling arc:**
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**Hook:**
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**Suno prompt record:**
Music-and-Voices.md
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boundaries. The storyboard interprets that audio; the audio is not reshaped to
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justify an already-generated storyboard.
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+## Album architecture
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+The 26 songs in a season must feel like one album without sounding like rewrites
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+of one song.
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+### Locked across the series
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+* The same two recognizable lead voices
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+* A short three-note lantern chime
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+* The same 6–8 second logo melody
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+* A brief spoken introduction
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+* Lumi leading melodic storytelling
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+* Pip leading rhythmic or playful sections
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+* A memorable letter refrain
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+* One brief guest-character vocal moment
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+### Free to change by episode
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+* Melody
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+* Tempo
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+* Rhythm
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+* Arrangement
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+* Song structure
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+* Which voice opens or closes
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+* How the letter refrain returns
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+### Locked by season
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+Every season receives its own:
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+* Instrument palette
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+* Rhythm vocabulary
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+* Genre boundaries
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+* Vocal-production treatment
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+* Emotional atmosphere
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+* Re-orchestrated version of the logo sting
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+This creates recognition at the series level, cohesion at the album level, and
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+real musical variety at the episode level.
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## Voice functions
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| Voice | Dramatic job |
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| --- | --- |
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-| Lumi | Ground the idea, model listening, carry reassurance and wonder |
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-| Pip | Create momentum, ask the active question, embody surprise and play |
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-| Together | Deliver the hook and the shared discovery |
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+| Lumi | Melodic storytelling, sustained notes, emotional bridges, wonder, observation, and occasional spoken passages |
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+| Pip | Rhythmic singing, quick conversational lines, rhyming responses, comic interjections, action words, and percussive letter sounds |
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+| Together | Alternating phrases, call-and-response, final-line harmony, and occasional unison on the letter sound |
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+| Guest | One short episode-specific musical identity that supports the problem without taking over the song |
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The functions can swap for story reasons, but the voices should never feel
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-interchangeable.
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+interchangeable. Avoid having Lumi and Pip sing every line together. Lumi should
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+sound warm and expressive rather than sleepy or overly delicate; Pip should
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+sound like a real character rather than a generic children’s choir singer.
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+The guest moment remains brief. It may be a chant, echoed answer, rhythmic
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+sound, musical hiccup, or whisper-sung phrase.
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## Song brief structure
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episode: S01E__
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letter: ""
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duration_target: ""
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+ album_lock:
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+ lead_voices: [Lumi, Pip]
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+ lantern_chime: three_note
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+ logo_melody_duration: 6-8_seconds
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+ spoken_intro: true
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+ letter_refrain: ""
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+ season_lock:
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+ music_bible: ""
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+ instrument_palette: []
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+ rhythm_vocabulary: []
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+ genre_boundaries: []
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+ vocal_production: ""
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+ emotional_atmosphere: ""
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+ logo_sting_orchestration: ""
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+ episode_variation:
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+ song_family: ""
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+ tempo_feel: ""
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+ meter: ""
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+ arrangement: ""
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+ structure: ""
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emotional_arc: curious -> uncertain -> delighted -> warm
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spoken_word:
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opening: "[Lumi, softly spoken]"
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hook: ""
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anchor_words: []
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+ guest_moment:
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+ character: ""
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+ type: ""
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+ text_or_sound: ""
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generation_record:
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tool: Suno
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output_mode: integrated_music_and_narration
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* Give each voice an intention and feeling, not just a name.
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* Use spoken tags where story clarity matters.
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* Let the chorus express the discovery, not merely repeat the letter.
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-* Write visual beats and song structure together.
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+* Preserve the album locks while changing melody, tempo, rhythm, arrangement,
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+ and structure between episodes.
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+* Write the visual beats from the selected song and its timecoded transcript.
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* Preserve generation prompts and selected output links.
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* Import the chosen Suno version into Palmier before Anima storyboarding.
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* Run Whisper on the exact imported song and preserve the timecoded transcript.
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* Lock the reviewed transcript and shot timing map before Anima storyboarding.
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* Treat any later audio change as a dependency change that may invalidate the
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storyboard, Wan shots, and Palmier timeline.
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+## Season music bibles
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+* [Season 01 — Music Bible](/Season-01---Music-Bible)
Season-01---Alphabet-Adventures.md
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**Core cast:** Lumi and Pip
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**Primary world:** Lantern Meadow
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+**Music bible:** [Season 01 — Music Bible](/Season-01---Music-Bible)
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## Season promise
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Lumi and Pip meet one memorable alphabet guest per episode and help solve a
Season-01---Music-Bible.md
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+# Season 01 — Music Bible
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+**Series:** Little Lanterns: Alphabet Adventures
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+**Season:** Season One
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+**Status:** Approved musical direction; episode assignments remain Candidate
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+## Musical identity
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+**Acoustic storybook adventure**
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+The album should sound like two children traveling through a colorful animated
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+world—not like generic preschool music. It should feel handmade, adventurous,
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+warm, and theatrical.
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+## Core instrument palette
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+* Acoustic guitar
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+* Ukulele used selectively
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+* Upright piano
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+* Pizzicato strings
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+* Clarinet and flute
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+* Glockenspiel and handbells
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+* Upright bass
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+* Brushes and light drum kit
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+* Hand percussion
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+* Occasional fiddle, harmonica, accordion, or whistle
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+## Avoid
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+* Modern dance-pop
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+* Trap percussion
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+* Large worship arrangements
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+* Big cinematic orchestration
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+* The same ukulele rhythm in every song
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+* Constant group-child vocals
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+* Overly sweet nursery-rhyme delivery
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+## Six rotating song families
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+The season rotates through six musical families rather than choosing 26
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+unrelated genres.
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+### 1. Trail Songs
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+Forward-moving acoustic folk for walking, searching, following, and traveling.
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+Best for ribbons, paths, feathers, maps, and missing objects.
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+Rhythmic call-and-response built around pushing, pulling, building, gathering,
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+untangling, or repairing.
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+Best for the apple, boat, nest, gate, vine, track, and other physical tasks.
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+Gentle 6/8 songs with flowing movement and melodic narration.
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+Best for the feather, moon map, silver stream, and yellow yarn.
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+Playful swing, skiffle, ragtime, shuffles, and stop-start rhythms.
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+Best for the hopping hat, rolling orange, upside-down umbrella, and windy wagon.
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+## Episode music map
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+| **A — The Apple and the Ant** | Stomping acoustic work song | Work |
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+| **B — The Blue Boat** | Riverboat skiffle with brushed drums | Comic / Work |
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+| **C — The Curving Clover Path** | Light wandering folk tune | Trail |
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+| **D — Daisy’s Rolling Drum** | Playful miniature parade march | Comic |
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+| **E — Ellie and the Echo** | Spacious call-and-response song | Mystery |
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+| **F — Finn’s Flying Feather** | Breezy acoustic waltz | Story Waltz |
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+| **G — The Garden Gate** | Plucky garden work song | Work |
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+| **H — Hugo’s Hopping Hat** | Comic swing with musical stops | Comic |
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+| **I — Izzy and the Iris** | Gentle step-by-step climbing song | Quiet Glow |
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+| **J — Juno’s Jingle Jar** | Bell-led musical mystery | Mystery |
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+| **K — Kiki’s Kite** | Soaring folk-pop adventure | Trail |
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+| **L — Lulu’s Large Leaf** | Soft rainy-day lullaby | Quiet Glow |
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+| **M — Milo’s Moon Map** | Moonlit story waltz | Story Waltz |
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+| **N — Nora’s Nest** | Gathering work song with humming | Work / Quiet Glow |
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+| **O — Olive’s Orange** | Circular, bouncing piano tune | Comic |
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+| **P — Penny’s Puddle Parade** | Puddle-stomping folk march | Comic |
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+| **Q — Quinn’s Quiet Quilt** | Whispered quiet-time song | Quiet Glow |
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+| **R — Rosie’s Red Ribbon** | Fiddle-led trail song | Trail |
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+| **S — Sammy’s Silver Stream** | Slow flowing 6/8 ballad | Story Waltz |
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+| **T — Toby’s Tiny Train** | Chugging acoustic rhythm song | Work |
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+| **U — Uma’s Upside-Down Umbrella** | Rainy comic shuffle | Comic |
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+| **V — Violet’s Vine** | Rising musical round | Work |
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+| **W — Wally’s Windy Wagon** | Fast bluegrass-inspired chase | Comic / Trail |
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+| **X — The X Beside the Box** | Spoken-sung treasure hunt | Mystery |
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+| **Y — Yara’s Yellow Yarn** | Winding call-and-response waltz | Story Waltz |
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+| **Z — Ziggy’s Zigzag Home** | Celebratory season-finale medley | Finale |
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+## Vocal identity
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+Examples include Ada’s determined work chant, Ellie answering her echo, Hugo’s
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+## Structures to rotate
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+## Suno prompt record
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+ identity: acoustic_storybook_adventure
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+ - clarinet
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+ - flute
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+ - glockenspiel
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+ - brushes
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+ - hand_percussion
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+ exclusions:
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+ letter: ""
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+ song_family: ""
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+ structure: ""
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+ meter: ""
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+ pip_role: ""
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+ guest_moment: ""
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+```
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+A candidate song passes when:
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+2. The lantern chime, logo melody, spoken opening, and letter refrain connect it
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+3. Its melody, rhythm, arrangement, and structure are sufficiently different
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+4. The guest has one memorable musical identity without dominating.
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+5. The result feels handmade, adventurous, warm, and theatrical.
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_Sidebar.md
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* [Episode Template](/Episode-Template)
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* [Prompt Architecture](/Prompt-Architecture)
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* [Music and Voices](/Music-and-Voices)
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+* [Season 01 — Music Bible](/Season-01---Music-Bible)
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* [Visual Pipeline](/Visual-Pipeline)
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* [Workflow Registry](/Workflow-Registry)
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* [Asset Review](/Asset-Review)